Trial to open for second man in Lackawanna County murder in July

Tuesday

Jun 3, 2014 at 8:40 AMJun 3, 2014 at 8:41 AM

SCRANTON (AP) — Opening statements are scheduled today in the homicide trial of the second man charged in the murder of a man whose body was found in a sport utility vehicle at the bottom of a northeastern Pennsylvania ravine last summer.

The (Scranton) Times-Tribune (http://bit.ly/1o3aVW7 ) reports that a Lackawanna County judge on Monday denied a defense motion to move the trial of 23-year-old Neil Pal or bring in jurors from another county.

Jury selection was completed Monday, and the judge then rejected a defense motion to exclude some evidence.

Pal is charged in the death of 24-year-old Frank Bonacci, whose body was found in an SUV on a ledge above Roaring Brook in July.

Twenty-three-year-old Jason Dominick was convicted last month of third-degree murder and conspiracy in the case.